Chapter 339: Powerful Skeleton Archer, Just Starting Now

Lin Moye sat on the bed, staring at the five hundred beast cores laid out before him, and he kept grinning foolishly.

"These beast cores came in way too easily; I was actually looking forward to Zhao Menglan bringing his dad a few more times, but I wonder if they still have the guts to come again," Lin Moye muttered softly with a cheerful smile.

"System upgrade conditions met. Upgrade?"

"Upgrade!" Lin Moye said without hesitation; he had collected the beast cores precisely to upgrade the system, hadn't he?

"Upgrade cost: one‑hundred first‑tier beast cores, takes three minutes!"

Immediately Lin Moye discovered that he couldn't access the system interface, but fortunately he could see a circular progress bar.

1% 2% 3% … 20% … Lin Moye felt this was the longest three minutes he'd ever endured … 80% … 100%

"System upgrade complete!"

"Current system level: 1, Energy 0%."

"Exchange system activated!"

"Host: Lin Moye

Third‑tier Spirit Disciple!

Third‑tier Spirit Body!

Second‑rank Talent!"

He glanced at the system interface, and soon Lin Moye saw the exchange function unlocked.

This is the most urgently needed right now!

He needs energy‑boost Pills to raise his cultivation and defeat Lin Qingtian!

"Check exchange items!" Lin Moye whispered mentally, and the system displayed the items available for exchange.

Weapons, armor, pills, techniques, spirit‑martial skills, and so on—numerous and countless!

Lin Moye was almost dazzled; he casually opened the Weapon tab and found that even the cheapest required at least five hundred first‑tier beast cores to exchange. Flipping through the other tabs, each item was more outrageous than the last; even the cheapest technique demanded ten thousand first‑tier beast cores!

Exaggerated!

Ridiculously exaggerated!

But Lin Moye didn't lose heart; since these items were displayed here, they would be his sooner or later.

He also hadn't forgotten his goal: Qi‑boost Pills!

One Qi‑boost Pill requires one hundred first‑tier beast cores!

At this moment Lin Moye still held four hundred first‑tier beast cores, so he directly exchanged them for four first‑tier Qi‑boost Pills.

In the previous system gift pack there were three Qi‑boost Pills and three Strength‑enhancing Pills; after ingesting them all, Lin Moye attained his current strength.

He placed a pill in his mouth, calmed his mind, entered the proper state, and after swallowing the pill, an intense surge of spiritual energy instantly filled his meridians.

【9】 "Check personal panel!"

View personal panel!

"Host: Lin Moye, Third‑tier Spirit Disciple (Energy 25%), Third‑tier Spirit Body, Third‑rank Talent."

"One pill raises energy by 25%; that means if I eat all the remaining pills, I can just ascend to a first‑tier Spiritist!" Lin Moye's eyes flashed gold; there were still seven days until the Autumn Encirclement, yet his gap with Lin Qingtian had narrowed.

Tomorrow morning, I'll head into the back mountain to hunt!

At dawn the next day, Lin Moye left a letter for his parents and quietly departed the Lin family.

Lin Moye carried a short sword, only a backpack on his back containing spare clothes; he then used his remaining beast cores at the Chen Trade Guild to exchange some gold notes, and plunged straight into the back mountain.

The back mountain of Qingliu Town is just one of the peaks of the Jinyang Mountain range, which stretches over five hundred li and is the largest mountain range within Jinyang City.

The range teems with countless spirit beasts, and it's said that third‑tier spirit beasts dwell in its deepest parts.

Moreover, according to his recollection, Lin Moye knows that second‑tier spirit beasts are already comparable to human spirit masters, and a second‑tier spirit beast inherits the Bloodline's talent skills, making any encounter extremely dangerous for him.

However, Lin Moye's strength is modest; his target is only a first‑tier spirit beast in the fringe area, which poses virtually no danger, but he needs a large number of beast cores, so he decided to venture a bit deeper.

After about half an hour's walk, Lin Moye encountered at least ten first‑tier spirit beasts—tiny creatures like rabbits and hedgehogs, diminutive and no threat to him.

Having likely left Qingliu Town's bounds, the mountain range grew somewhat desolate, overgrown with wild grass; he could only see about ten meters around him.

At this point, Lin Moye's guard snapped up; it seemed he had taken a wrong path, as there were no traces of human activity here.

Swish swish!

Lin Moye furrowed his brows and turned instantly; something had clearly just darted past!

It was too fast, seemed to be a leopard.

The opponent finally arrived!

First‑tier spirit beasts are also divided into two grades by size: the small ones correspond to Spirit Disciples, while the large ones naturally correspond to Spiritists!

A second‑tier spirit beast that matches a spirit master is already a massive creature over three meters tall!

Lin Moye is only a first‑tier Spiritist, the weakest among Spiritists; against any large‑size spirit beast, he has virtually no chance.

He had to draw on experience from movies of his past life!

Just as Lin Moye was thinking, the leopard emerged, directly confronting him and circling around.

It must have seen that Lin Moye was alone and not strong, and thus developed a predatory intent.

"Scan!"

"First‑tier leopard, inherits Cloud‑leopard Bloodline, extraordinary speed."

"That's it?" Lin Moye said, disappointed.

Circling Lin Moye a few times, the leopard seemed to lose patience; its claws began to scratch the ground, ready to strike.

Whoosh!

The leopard's speed was blinding, like an arrow released from a bow, constantly extending its claws to probe Lin Moye.

Lin Moye, holding his short sword, barely defended and quickly fell back two steps, realizing he couldn't match the leopard. In a flash of inspiration, he thought, "Since you win with speed, let your advantage become mine!"

"Target: Cloud‑leopard Bloodline, give it to me!"

Special function used successfully, today's usage count: 1, remaining uses: 1.

Cloud Leopard Bloodline has entered the inventory, use it?

Use!

In an instant Lin Moyang felt something new in his body; his perception of the surrounding clouds, mist and other gases became more sensitive, and his body felt lighter.

In Lin Moyang's eyes, the leopard opposite suddenly slowed, its swinging claws seemed to move several times slower; he only applied a slight force under his feet, and already the distance between him and the leopard widened by several meters.

Clearly a weak human, yet in an instant he was far faster than the leopard—the leopard was stunned!

A smile tugged at Lin Moyang's mouth: "At this rate, how could you be my opponent?"

He waved his short sword twice, unwilling to waste time, leapt forward and pressed against the leopard's side, the short sword instantly gutting the beast.

Just as Lin Moyang was about to extract the beast core, a sudden change erupted!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Hundreds of arrows, dense as a swarm, surged toward Lin Moyang's side, "Not good!"

Ding ding dong dong!

Lin Moyang swung his short sword and retreated at high speed; fortunately he had previously obtained the Cloud Leopard Bloodline, otherwise his life would have been in danger now, yet even so two arrows pierced his arm.

Blood poured out!

Looking to the opposite side, Lin Moyang's eyes seemed about to burst into flame; three youths smiled brightly, leading dozens of Archer appeared opposite.

They intended to loot amidst the chaos!

Kill and seize treasure!